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2822:E. Saulsbury
2791:
2616:
2612:C. A. Rodney
2527:
2512:Louis McLane
2500:
2478:Louis McLane
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2436:James Rogers
2424:
2398:Find a Grave
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2182:Louis McLane
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1963:
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1890:
1856:
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1788:
1781:James Monroe
1755:1st at-large
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1629:Caleb Rodney
1625:John Collins
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1194:U.S. Senator
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451:(1854-08-21)
413:
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374:Succeeded by
337:
322:Louis McLane
317:Succeeded by
294:
262:Succeeded by
241:
227:Louis McLane
222:Succeeded by
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187:Succeeded by
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48:Please help
43:verification
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3295:1854 deaths
3290:1777 births
3085:J. Williams
2486:U.S. Senate
2014:U.S. Senate
1980:U.S. Senate
1941:U.S. Senate
1907:U.S. Senate
1873:U.S. Senate
1839:U.S. Senate
1805:U.S. Senate
1771:U.S. Senate
1547:State House
1513:State House
1479:State House
1411:State House
1377:State House
1343:State House
1309:State House
1275:State House
1199:Legislature
1174:Legislature
1093:Legislature
1068:Legislature
1043:Legislature
1018:Legislature
993:Legislature
968:Legislature
886:Legislature
861:Legislature
836:Legislature
811:Legislature
786:Legislature
761:Legislature
362:Preceded by
305:Preceded by
252:Preceded by
210:Preceded by
175:Preceded by
3284:Categories
2842:Richardson
2792:T. Clayton
2752:J. Clayton
2677:H. du Pont
2617:T. Clayton
2533:1837–1847
2506:1824–1827
2472:1815–1817
2430:1810–1815
2307:References
2213:Republican
2187:Federalist
2151:Republican
2125:Federalist
2019:Democratic
2005:1845–1847
1990:John Tyler
1971:1843–1845
1955:John Tyler
1932:1841–1843
1912:Democratic
1898:1839–1841
1878:Democratic
1864:1837–1839
1844:Democratic
1830:1835–1837
1796:1825–1827
1776:Republican
1762:1823–1825
1742:Republican
1737:U.S. House
1728:1815–1817
1717:Committees
1658:Republican
1620:Federalist
1586:Federalist
1552:Federalist
1518:Federalist
1484:Federalist
1450:Federalist
1416:Federalist
1382:Federalist
1348:Federalist
1319:David Hall
1314:Federalist
1285:David Hall
1280:Federalist
1255:Committees
1204:Washington
1179:Washington
1098:Washington
1048:Washington
584:See also:
536:politician
527:Profession
516:Alma mater
466:Federalist
106:March 2013
76:newspapers
3215:Warburton
3100:Penington
3070:Nicholson
3010:D. Rodney
2777:D. Rodney
2632:R. Bayard
1959:Printing
1712:President
1146:Judiciary
1118:Judiciary
940:Executive
912:Executive
901:resigned
505:Residence
437:July 1777
414:In office
395:In office
342:1810–1815
338:In office
295:In office
242:In office
200:In office
165:In office
3220:McDowell
3150:Brockson
3065:Smithers
3050:Whiteley
3025:Robinson
3020:Milligan
2980:Van Dyke
2862:Hastings
2797:Spruance
2772:Van Dyke
2707:Williams
2697:Townsend
2084:Opponent
1707:Majority
1697:Congress
1250:Governor
1245:Majority
1235:Congress
956:Delaware
928:Delaware
734:Location
497:(father)
347:Governor
288:district
282:Delaware
157:Delaware
3235:du Pont
3225:Haskell
3200:Traynor
3185:Stewart
3080:Lofland
2995:Clayton
2985:Ridgely
2960:Latimer
2892:Kaufman
2827:Higgins
2807:Comegys
2782:Ridgely
2742:Bassett
2735:Class 2
2702:Tunnell
2682:Wolcott
2627:Naudain
2597:Latimer
2585:Class 1
2062:Subject
2033:class 2
1998:class 2
1964:class 2
1925:class 2
1891:class 2
1857:class 2
1823:class 1
1789:class 1
1702:Chamber
1240:Chamber
700:Almanac
90:scholar
3255:Carney
3250:Castle
3245:Carper
3205:Willey
3165:Layton
3155:Miller
3140:Burton
3110:Willis
3105:Causey
3090:Martin
3060:Temple
3055:Fisher
3045:Cullen
3040:Riddle
3000:McLane
2990:Cooper
2965:Bayard
2955:Patten
2950:Vining
2867:Hughes
2832:Kenney
2747:Vining
2717:Carper
2652:Riddle
2622:McLane
2607:Horsey
2464:from
2330:
2219:2,818
2193:3,098
2157:2,545
2131:3,960
2055:Office
724:Office
709:year.
533:Lawyer
488:Parent
480:Spouse
92:
85:
78:
71:
63:
3240:Evans
3210:Boggs
3190:Allen
3180:Adams
3170:Boyce
3145:Heald
3115:Handy
3075:Biggs
3015:Johns
2975:Broom
2897:Coons
2887:Biden
2882:Boggs
2877:Frear
2837:Allee
2812:Bates
2767:Wells
2757:Wells
2642:Wales
2602:White
2231:Notes
2217:3,007
2191:2,902
2155:2,547
2129:3,964
2094:Votes
2089:Party
2072:Votes
2067:Party
1692:Dates
1644:1823
1606:1822
1572:1821
1538:1814
1504:1813
1470:1811
1436:1808
1402:1807
1368:1806
1334:1805
1300:1804
1266:1803
1230:Dates
1151:Dover
1123:Dover
1073:Dover
1023:Dover
998:Dover
973:Dover
945:Dover
917:Dover
891:Dover
866:Dover
841:Dover
816:Dover
791:Dover
766:Dover
749:Notes
568:, as
280:from
155:from
97:JSTOR
83:books
3230:Roth
3160:Polk
3130:Ball
3095:Lore
3005:Hall
2872:Buck
2852:Ball
2712:Roth
2672:Ball
2667:Gray
2592:Read
2328:ISBN
2224:24%
2198:26%
2168:1818
2162:20%
2136:30%
2106:1814
2050:Year
2009:29th
1985:Whig
1975:28th
1946:Whig
1936:27th
1902:26th
1868:25th
1834:24th
1800:19th
1766:18th
1732:14th
1648:47th
1610:46th
1576:45th
1542:38th
1508:37th
1474:35th
1440:32nd
1406:31st
1372:30th
1338:29th
1304:28th
1270:27th
729:Type
474:Whig
446:Died
434:Born
328:5th
69:news
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2196:25%
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2134:30%
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